Hold-down clip for carton closure flaps



May 8, 1945- w. H. LEPP 2,375,374

HOLD-DOWN CLIP FOR CARTON CLO SURE FLAPS Filed NOV. 1, .1943

Patented May 8, 1945 HOLD-DOWN CLIP FOR CARTON CLOSURE FLAPS William H.Lepp, Afton, Mo., assignor to Diagraph-Bradley Stencil MachineCorporation, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Missouri ApplicationNovember 1, 1943, Serial No. 508,474

1 Claim.

The conventional shipping carton has closure,

flaps at the upper edges of its side walls that extend inwardly,upwardly or outwardly before the carton is closed and thus interferewith the packing thereof. The object of the present invention is toprovide a simple and economical, quick attachable and detachable clipfor temporarily holding the closure or sealing flaps of such cartonsdown close to the outside faces of the side walls thereof where they areout of the way of the packer. The invention consists in the closure flaphold-down clip hereinafter'described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specification andwherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a comer portion of ashipping carton provided with a clip embodying my invention for holdingdown the closure flaps of the two adjacent side walls alongside theouter faces thereof,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1: and

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line 3-8 in Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawing, my invention is illustrated in connectionwith a conventional shipping carton comprising side walls A having flaps13 along the upper edges thereof that are adapted to be bent inwardlyone over the other to close or seal the carton. For convenience inpacking the carton, it is desirable to fold the top closure or sealingflaps B down on the outside of the carton so that easy access may be hadto the carton by the packer.

According to the present invention, the closure or sealing flaps B oftwo adjacent side walls A of the carton are held down on the outer sidesof said walls adjacent to the corner formed thereby by means of a wireclip C. As shown in the accompanying drawing. the closureflap hold-downof said hooks incline inwardly and downwardly towards the said straightouter branches thence outwardly and downwardly away therefrom andterminate slightly below the level of the branches l in rounded ends 6.

In use, the closure flaps B of two adjacent side walls A of the cartonthat is to be packed are folded down on the outer sides of said walls 1and the clip 0 is positioned over the corner of clip 0 comprises tworight angularly disposed horizontally diverging branches I connected bya horizontally ofl'set finger-grip or handle portlon in the form of anoutstanding loop 2.v The diverging branches terminate at their remotesends in downwardly opening upstanding hooks 8 that are disposed on thesides of said branches opposite from the side on which the finger-gripthe carton and moved downwardly to engage the hooks 5 over therespective walls and their downwardly folded flaps, thus holding saidflaps close to said walls and out of the way of the packer. Theoutstanding loop 2 serves as an outstanding finger grip for use inattaching the clip to and removing it from the carton, while thereversely inclined portions of inner branches 5 of the hooks 3 limit thecontact between said. branches and the side walls A of the carton to theknees 1 formed by such reversely inclined portions and thus enable saidbranches to bear resiliently against said walls. The flared open ends ofthe hooks 3 facilitate engagement there of with the carton; and theseflared ends together with the rounded ends 6 of the outer branches ofsaid hooks prevent tearing of the side walls of the carton when the clipis mounted thereon. The clips may be attached to each corner of thecarton or at two diagonally opposite comers only thereof, depending onthe length of the carton.

What I claim is:

A quick attachable and detachable wire clip for temporarily holding thedownwardly folded closure flaps of a carton along the outer side facesof the two adjacent side walls thereof adjacent to the corner formed bysaid walls, said clip comprising a wire bent to form two angularlydisposed branches adapted to extend from said comer one along the outerface of each of said downwardly folded closure flaps, upstandingdownwardly opening hooks at the remote ends only of said branchesadapted to straddle the respective side walls and their downwardlyfolded flaps, and an outstanding loop connecting adjacent ends of saidbranches and adapted to project outwardly from said corner far enough toprovide a central handle portion foruse in attaching said clip to andremoving from said carton.

